Cornelius Schilder

Most Reverend  Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M.
Bishop of Ngong
Church	Roman Catholic
Province	Nairobi
Diocese	Ngong
See	Pro-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker
Elected	23 November 2002
Reign ended	1 August 2009
Predecessor	Colin Cameron Davies
Successor	Vacant
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1968
Consecration	25 January 2003
Personal details
Birth name	Cornelius Schilder
Born	19 September 1941 (1941-09-19) (age 70) Westwoud, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Residence	Oosterbeek, Netherlands
Alma mater	Mill Hill College, Rosendaal Mill Hill College, London

Cornelius "Cor" Schilder, M.H.M. (born 19 September 1941) is a former Roman Catholic Bishop from the Netherlands. He was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ngong in Kenya from 2003 to 2009.^[1]

Cornelius Schilder was born on 19 September 1941 in Westwoud in the Netherlands. He studied philosophy at Mill Hill College in Roosendaal, and later theology at Mill Hill College in London, England. On 29 June 1968, he was ordained as priest in Westwoud. In 1971, he went to Kenya with the Mill Hill Missionaries and worked in the dioceses Ngong and Garissa. In 2002, he was appointed Bishop of Ngong after Colin Cameron Davies retired. On 25 January 2003 he was consecrated as bishop. In 2009, he retired "due to [a] health problem".^[2]

After allegations of sexual abuse of a boy, it is said that the Vatican forced the bishop in his sixties into retirement. Schilder is currently forbidden to lead masses and to have other pastoral tasks. He lives with the Mill Hill Missionaries in Oosterbeek, Netherlands.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ "Diocese of Ngong, Kenya", GCatholic.com, 28 February 2011. Retrieved on 1 March 2011.
2. ^ Past Bishops, Diocese of Ngong. Retrieved on 4 March 2011.
3. ^ (Dutch) Dohmen, J., "Vaticaan straft Nederlandse bisschop voor kindermisbruik", NRC Handelsblad, 1 March 2011. Retrieved on 1 March 2011.
4. ^ (Dutch) Graaf, P. de, "Nederlandse bisschop beschuldigd van misbruik", de Volkskrant, 1 March 2011. Retrieved on 1 March 2011.

Religious titles
Preceded by Colin Cameron Davies	Bishop of Ngong 2002–2009	Vacant

Persondata
Name	Schilder, Cornelius
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	19 September 1941
Place of birth	Westwoud, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death